[seanmcdirmid]

Then test that. Having someone code on a whiteboard, even if they are explaining what they are doing while they go along, is simply not the same thing as being good at using on the fly visual aides while communicating. In any case, that isn’t coding either.

[nerpderp83]

You have 40 minutes to make a slide deck that explains bloomfilters and 5 minutes to present in front of the director of engineering.

[seanmcdirmid]

That is the same as saying who can code the fastest rather than who does the best job. But at the PhD level there will be a presentation given regardless.